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==Life & Career==
==Life & Career==
Sparks was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 14 August, 1894.<ref>Sparks Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 341.</ref>
Sparks was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 14 August, 1894.<ref>Sparks Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 341.</ref>
Sparks was gazetted in the Sirdar Despatch on the Nile Expedition as having done good service on 30 September, 1898.<ref>Sparks Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 341.</ref>


He was appointed in command of the {{UK-1Landrail|f=t}} on 30 June, 1903.  He was reprimanded after a Court Martial found that he had stranded her and hazarded her in 1903.  He paid her off on 5 June, 1905.<ref>Sparks Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 341.</ref>
He was appointed in command of the {{UK-1Landrail|f=t}} on 30 June, 1903.  He was reprimanded after a Court Martial found that he had stranded her and hazarded her in 1903.  He paid her off on 5 June, 1905.<ref>Sparks Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 341.</ref>
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Sparks was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1905.<ref>Sparks Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 341.</ref>
Sparks was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1905.<ref>Sparks Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 341.</ref>


==Great War==
Sparks was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1914.<ref>Sparks Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 341.</ref>
Sparks was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1914.<ref>Sparks Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 341.</ref>


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Sparks was appointed Captain (D) of the {{UK-Hecla|f=t}} on 22 August, 1917.{{NLFeb19|p. 810}}
Sparks was appointed Captain (D) of the {{UK-Hecla|f=t}} on 22 August, 1917.{{NLFeb19|p. 810}}
Sparks died at the young age of 1946, but no cause of death is cited in his Service Record.


==See Also==
==See Also==

Revision as of 13:26, 8 September 2016

Captain John Barnes Sparks, C.B.E., (31 May, 1873 – 29 March, 1920) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Sparks was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 14 August, 1894.[1]

Sparks was gazetted in the Sirdar Despatch on the Nile Expedition as having done good service on 30 September, 1898.[2]

He was appointed in command of the gunvessel Landrail on 30 June, 1903. He was reprimanded after a Court Martial found that he had stranded her and hazarded her in 1903. He paid her off on 5 June, 1905.[3]

Sparks was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1905.[4]

Great War

Sparks was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1914.[5]

Sparks was appointed in command of the destroyer Amazon on 18 January, 1909.[6]

Sparks was appointed in command of the scout cruiser Pathfinder on 17 January, 1911.[7]

Sparks was appointed Captain (D) of the depot ship Hecla on 22 August, 1917.[8]

Sparks died at the young age of 1946, but no cause of death is cited in his Service Record.

See Also

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Douglas E. R. Brownrigg 		Captain of H.M.S. Violet
8 Mar, 1899[9] – 29 Apr, 1900[10] 		Succeeded by
Charles E. Le Mesurier
Preceded by
Adolphus H. Williamson 		Captain of H.M.S. Rocket
15 Jun, 1900[11] 		Succeeded by
Evan C. Bunbury
Preceded by
Trevylyan D. W. Napier 		Captain of H.M.S. Spiteful
11 Jan, 1901[12] – 3 Jan, 1903[13] 		Succeeded by
Douglas R. L. Nicholson
Preceded by
Llewellyn Griffiths 		Captain of H.M.S. Skipjack
3 Jul, 1905[14][15] – 1 Jan, 1906[16] 		Succeeded by
Robert W. F. Travers
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Amazon
18 Jan, 1909[17] – 17 Jan, 1911[18] 		Succeeded by
Henry G. L. Oliphant
Preceded by
Arthur K. Waistell 		Captain of H.M.S. Pathfinder
17 Jan, 1911[19][20] – 1 Jul, 1913[21] 		Succeeded by
Francis M. Leake
Preceded by
William H. D. Boyle 		Captain of H.M.S. Skirmisher
1 Jul, 1913[22][23] – 2 Sep, 1913[24] 		Succeeded by
Francis G. St. John
Preceded by
Herbert A. Adam 		Captain of H.M.S. Prince George
2 Sep, 1913[25] – 15 Dec, 1913[26] 		Succeeded by
Alexander V. Campbell
Preceded by
Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt 		Captain of H.M.S. Blake
15 Dec, 1913[27][28] – 12 Oct, 1915[29] 		Succeeded by
George W. McO. Campbell
Preceded by
James U. Farie 		Captain (D), Second Destroyer Flotilla
12 Oct, 1915[30] – Oct, 1919[31] 		Succeeded by
Colin K. MacLean
Preceded by
Percy Withers 		Captain of H.M.S. Hecla
22 Aug, 1917[32] – 1 Mar, 1919[33] 		Succeeded by
John B. Sparks
Preceded by
Henry L. Bethune
as Captain of H.M.S. Victorious II 		Captain of H.M.S. Prince George
1 Mar, 1919[34][35] – Oct, 1919[36] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Ambrose M. Peck
as Captain of the Nore Local Defence Flotilla 		Captain (D), Nore Reserve Flotilla
1 Mar, 1919[37] – 30 Oct, 1919[38] 		Succeeded by
The Hon. Edward B. S. Bingham
as Captain (D), Nore Destroyer Flotilla
Preceded by
John B. Sparks 		Captain of H.M.S. Hecla
Oct, 1919[39] – 30 Oct, 1919[40] 		Succeeded by
John F. Grant-Dalton

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
  2. ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
  3. ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
  4. ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
  5. ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 276-7.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 352.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 810.
  9. ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
  10. ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 299.
  12. ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
  13. ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
  14. ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 377.
  15. ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
  16. ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 276-7.
  18. ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 352.
  20. ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
  21. ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1913). p. 376.
  23. ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
  24. ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
  25. ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
  26. ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392kk.
  28. ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
  29. ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
  30. ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
  31. ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
  32. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 810.
  33. ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 885.
  35. ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
  36. ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
  37. ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
  38. ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
  39. ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
  40. ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.

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